In memory of

Gunner

William Gudmundur Anderson

who died on 5 Jul 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Artillery
  Rank Gunner
  Service number L55484
  Date of death 19430705
  Cause of death died of non-combat causes
Narrative history
  L55484 Gunner (15 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery) William Gudmundur Anderson (b.1914) of Wynyard died 19430705 of tuberculosis and is buried at Brookwood military cemetery near London, England. Anderson's health began to deteriorate in Novenber 1942 and he died at 10 Canadian general hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire. William's parents were both Icelandic, his father Hannes Skuli coming from Gimli to the Sleipnir district in 1905, his mother Margaret from North Dakota. They homesteaded SE30-32-15-W2 near Mozart. William was born at Wynyard and was farming when he enlisted at Broadview a yaer before is death.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 308 - Big Quill
  Cemetery or memorial location Brookwood military cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Wynyard
  Geo-memorial Anderson Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.7°N / 102.3667°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64L9
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Wollaston Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19141026
  Place of birth Wynyard    
  Date of enlistment 19410620
  Place of enlistment Broadview    
  Residence on enlistment Wynyard    
  Occupation farmer
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